Improvement in vapor-burners



T. MOORE. VAPOR BURNER.

NQ 105,589. Patented Ju1`y19y187o.

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Letters Patent No. 105,589, dated July 19, 11.370.

IMPRYEMENT IN vAPoa-'BURNERS ,The Schedule 'referred to in these Letters Patent and naking part` of'thevveame- To all wlw-m it may concern;

Be it known-that I, T EIOMAS MOORE, of Blooming# ton, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois,

haveinvented' a new and improved Vapor-Burner;

and I do hereby declare that the -following is a full, clear, and exact 'description of the same, reference being had1;o the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective, and

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation.'

I This invention relates to anA apparatus for generating vapor from oil`,vard burning the same for the' purpose of giving iight.

The invention consists of a wick-tube, projecting upward from a'lamp-top, communicatingwith the' intei-iol' of the lamp, Aperforated at its upper end, and containing a. piece-.of pumice-stone, oi? other porous non-combustible material, above the wick, in coinbination with an inc losing sliding cap, likewise perforated at or 4near its upperend, thevfnnctin of 'the pumice-stonebeing toabsorb oil from the wick, and

give forth the sameiin the form of vapor whensub-` jected to heat, 4the stone remaining lu nconsumed meanwhile and the function of the-Outer sliding tube being to afford av seatfor the flame when the vapor from the pnmice-stone passes o ut at'the perforations of the sliding case, and is ignited, and also to operate as an extinguisher to the flame, and a stop-valve to the gas when pressed down the top of the wick-tube.

I n the drawing--v a is a lamp; 4

b, the lamp top; c, the wick-tube, with perforated top; d, the wick;

' e, 4the piece of pnmice-stone, in ,the tube c above the wick;

f, the Outer sliding cap; and

J1., the perforations in the same, made at such'a point as to'be below the perforations in the-top of the wicktnbe- When the cap f is pressed down iar enough to vclose the wick-tube apertures.

When a light is desired to be produced, the cap f-is raised and the darne of a lighted match or taper held in contact with lthe tube c, voutside of the pumicestone. This generates gas, which, when lighted, feeds itself by its own heat.

The use'b' puniice-stone or other non-combustible material is' claimed in a pending application of mine for a patent upon a safety-lamp, and therefore I do not claim it here. l

Having thus described my invention,

What I- claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

The vcombination of the Wick-tube c, having a perforated top, with the sliding cap f, provided with the perforations h, in the manner and for the purpose described. v

' THOMAS MOORE.

Witnesses: l J. A.- WILLsoN,

JOSEPH W. WATKINs. 

